Sentence examples similar to strained truce from inspiring English sources
The violence strained a fragile months-old truce negotiated between Russia and Turkey that averted a government offensive on Idlib province and surrounding areas, the last major rebel stronghold in Syria.
A1 Violence Strains Mideast Truce Palestinians killed an Israeli motorist and set off car bombs in retaliation for Israel's killing of three West Bank militants on Sunday.
The truce between Gregory and Frederick II was severely strained in 1235 by imperial accusations that the Pope had been working with the Lombards of northern Italy to undermine imperial influence.
The fragile truce on Labour's frontbench was strained today as shadow ministers broke ranks with Jeremy Corbyn to blame Russia for the Salisbury attack.
The intervention will certainly have captured attention in tabloid newsrooms, but it is unlikely to usher in a permanent truce in a relationship that has been strained for the best part of 30 years.
The tenuous truce that Secretary of State Colin L. Powell tried to reinforce here last week was strained to the breaking point today when Palestinians killed an Israeli motorist and detonated car bombs in retaliation for Israel's killing of three West Bank militants late Sunday.
JERUSALEM — Palestinian militants on Monday fired two mortar shells from southern Gaza at Israel and Israel carried out an air strike against what the military said were members of the launching squad as they tried to flee in a vehicle, further straining the tenuous two-week-old Gaza truce.
A10 Strains on Mideast Truce A fishing boat laden with explosives blew up near an Israeli patrol ship off Gaza late Monday, and Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian protester in Bethlehem, as violence continued to test the latest truce agreement.
